Awards search:Notable Book for a Global Society

Warrior Girl Unearthed

by Angeline Boulley
Hardcover, 2023
Collection
HS/Book Nook
Status
Available

Firekeeper's Daughter

by Angeline Boulley
Paperback, 2023
Tags
INVENTORY HS 2023_24
Collection
HS/Book Nook
Status
Available

Firekeeper's Daughter

by Boulley Angeline
Paperback, 2022
Tags
RED DOT, Middle School, *Michigan, Indigenous Peoples Day, *Native American, Ojibwa Indians, NATIVE AMERICAN_Ojibwa, Mystery, Hockey, Racism, Romance — 1 more, Crime
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Status
Available

Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids

by Cynthia Leitich Smith Editor
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2023-24, *Native American, Realistic Fiction, Michigan, Family, Friendship, Anthology, First Nations, Short Stories, *North America, *Michigan — 4 more, powwow, Poetry, Diversity, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Barcode
7461
Status
Checked out
Due May 14, 2024

The Last Cuentista

by Donna Barba Higuera
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23, Newbery Medal, Dystopian, Family, Fantasy, Folklore, memory, Middle School, Science Fiction (Sci-Fi), Space Travel, Spanish — 4 more, storytelling, RED DOT, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, *Latin America
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_SCIENCE FICTION (SCI-FI)
Barcode
7140
Status
Available

We Are Water Protectors

by Carole Lindstrom
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2023-24, Native American, *Native American, Water, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, (970) HISTORY_NORTH AMERICA
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
7563
Status
Available

New Kid: A Newbery Award Winner

by Jerry Craft
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23, Newbery Medal, *African American, Friendship, Graphic Novel, Middle School, Racism, Realistic Fiction, Schools, Prejudice, Diversity — 3 more, Humor, RED DOT, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Series
New Kid (1)
Barcode
7139
Status
Available

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Story

by Kevin Noble Maillard
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
Culture and Traditions, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2019-20, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, *Native American, bread, Cooking, GRADE 3 Curriculum: NATIVE AMERICAN, Native American Traditions
Collection
LS/EASY BOOKS [E]
Barcode
6635
Status
Available

Other Words for Home

by Jasmine Warga
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
Refugees, Immigration, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2019-20, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Newbery Honor, Muslim, immigrant, Poetry, Family, Realistic Fiction, *Syria — 9 more, Racism, War, Hijab, Middle East, *Middle East, Friendship, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, Middle School
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Barcode
5904
Status
Available

Dreamland Burning

by Jennifer Latham
Paperback, 2018
Tags
INVENTORY HS 2023_24
Collection
HS/Book Nook
Status
Available

We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga

by Traci Sorell
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Cherokee indians, Cherokee Language, Gratitude, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2019-20, (299.74) GIVING THANKS, NATIVE AMERICAN_Cherokee, (200) RELIGION, (299) OTHER_RELIGIONS, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES, (398.2) FOLKLORE_FAIRY TALES, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6597
Status
Available

The Day You Begin

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
AFRICAN AMERICAN, Diversity, Bravery, Multicultural, Individuality, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2019-20, Realistic Fiction, inclusion, GRADE 5 Reading BOOK, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Black History Month
Collection
LS/EASY BOOKS [E]
Barcode
5714
Status
Available

Finding Langston

by Lesa Cline-Ransome
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Poetry, Bullying, *African American, Single-Parent Families-Fiction, Langston Hughes, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2018-19, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Series
Finding Langston (1)
Barcode
97
Status
Available

Flying Lessons & Other Stories

by Ellen Oh Editor
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2019-20, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Diversity, investigation, Short Stories, Middle School, Basketball, *Native American, Realistic Fiction, AFRICAN AMERICAN, Black History Month — 1 more, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Barcode
5812
Status
Available

Orbiting Jupiter

by Gary D. Schmidt
Paperback, 2017
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2019-20, Foster Care, Abuse, Fiction, Realistic Fiction, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Barcode
5805
Status
Available

Brown Girl Dreaming

by Jacqueline Woodson
Paperback, 2016
Tags
INVENTORY HS 2023_24
Collection
HS/Book Nook
Status
Available

Openly Straight

by Bill Konigsberg
Paperback, 2015
Tags
INVENTORY HS 2023_24
Collection
HS/Book Nook
Series
Openly Straight (1)
Status
Available

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out

by Susan Kuklin
Paperback, 2015
Tags
INVENTORY HS 2023_24
Collection
HS/Book Nook
Status
Available

Two White Rabbits

by Jairo Buitrago
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Immigration, *Mexico, Family, Refugees, Hispanic, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2018-19, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/EASY BOOKS [E]
Barcode
2172
Status
Available

Wangari Maathai: The Woman Who Planted Millions of Trees

by Franck Prévot
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Wangari Maathai, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE, Conservation, ENVIRONMENTALISM, Ecology, (921) BIOGRAPHY, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2016-17, Picture Book Biography, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, Trees — 2 more, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5534
Status
Available

Stella by Starlight

by Sharon M. Draper
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2015-16, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
207
Status
Available

Shadow on the Mountain

by Margi Preus
Paperback, 2014
Tags
RED DOT, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2023-24, War, GRADE 8: Reading Book
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Status
Available

A Time to Dance

by Padma Venkatraman
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
INVENTORY HS 2023_24
Collection
HS/Book Nook
Status
Available

Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal

by Margarita Engle
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
INVENTORY HS 2023_24
Collection
HS/Book Nook
Status
Available

The Turtle of Oman: A Novel

by Naomi Shihab Nye
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
Grandfathers, MIDDLE EAST-OMAN, Michigan, Middle East, Immigration, Sea Turtles, Turtles, Grandparents, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2016-17, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
393
Status
Available

Brown Girl Dreaming (Newbery Honor Book)

by Jacqueline Woodson
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2015-16, Newbery Honor, *African American, Autobiography, Civil Rights, Family, free verse, Memoir, Novel in Verse, Poetry, *South Carolina — 9 more, Black History, 6th grade: Biography, 6th grade: Chapter Book Choice, Coretta Scott King Awards, Black History Month, National Book Award Finalist, RED DOT, Middle School, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
634
Status
Available

Inside Out and Back Again: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

by Thanhha Lai
Paperback, 2013
Tags
INVENTORY HS 2023_24
Collection
HS/Book Nook
Status
Available

Diego Rivera: An Artist for the People

by Susan Goldman Rubin
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Art, Art History, *Mexico, Diego Rivera, *Michigan, Painting, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Industry Murals, RIVERA-DIEGO — 10 more, ARTISTS, DETROIT-ART, PAINTERS, MURALS, Spanish Studies, MEXICO-ARTISTS, ARTISTS-MEXICO, MICHIGAN_ART, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
6230
Status
Available
Call number
921 RIV

A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

by Linda Sue Park
Paperback, 2011
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2022-23
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Barcode
7280
Status
Available

Requiem: Poems of the Terezin Ghetto

by Paul B. Janeczko
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
YA poetry, Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945
Collection
HS/Stone House Library
Barcode
10179
Status
Available

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

by Grace Lin
Paperback, 2011
Tags
Newbery Honor, *China, Folklore, Dragons, Fantasy, Adventure, Asian, Chinese Folklore, FOLKLORE-CHINA, Fairy Tales, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_CHINA
Collection
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB]
Series
Where The Mountain Meets the Moon (Book 1)
Barcode
1378
Status
Available

Inside Out and Back Again

by Thanhha Lai
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
*Alabama, Bullying, Immigration, Refugees, *Vietnam, War, Culture, Historical Fiction, Newbery Honor, Family, Multicultural — 3 more, Realistic Fiction, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Barcode
310
Status
Available

Heart of a Samurai

by Margi Preus
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
grade 5, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2023-24, Adventure, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Newbery Honor, Sailing, *Japan, Samurai, Survival
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Status
Available

From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun

by Jacqueline Woodson
Paperback, 2010
Tags
INVENTORY HS 2023_24
Collection
HS/Book Nook
Status
Available

Zora and Me

by Victoria Bond
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
RED DOT, Coretta Scott King Awards, AFRICAN AMERICAN_FICTION, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2016-17, Black History Month, AFRICAN AMERICAN, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, *Florida, Historical Fiction, Middle School, Mystery — 9 more, murder, Race Relations, Racism, Coming of Age, Family, Friendship, Multicultural, Supernatural, Zora Neale Hurston
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Series
Zora and Me (1)
Barcode
56
Status
Available

The Dreamer (Ala Notable Children's Books. Older Readers)

by Pam Munoz Ryan
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
Pablo Neruda, *Chile, Biography, Poetry, Historical Fiction, dreams, Family, magical realism, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, 8th grade Reading Assignments (2016/17), 8th grade: Library on Wheels — 10 more, CHILE, SOUTH AMERICA, *South America, GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA_CHILE, 6th grade: Realistic Fiction (RF): Other, abuse, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Barcode
520
Status
Available
Call number
Fic Rya

Parvana's Journey (c.2)

by Deborah Ellis
Paperback, 2009
Tags
6th grade: Realistic Fiction (RF): Middle East, *Afghanistan, Refugees, Taliban, War, Survival, Series, WOMEN_RIGHTS, Afghanistan, GRADE 6_to_8: Library on Wheels_Reading Book, INVENTORY LS 2022_23 — 2 more, Realistic Fiction, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_REALISTIC FICTION
Series
The Breadwinner (2)
Barcode
858
Status
Available

The Porcupine Year (Birchbark House #3)

by Louise Erdrich
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2023-24, 19th Century, *Native American, Indigenous Peoples Day, NATIVE AMERICAN_Ojibwa, Ojibwa Indians, Historical Fiction, Kidnapping, Family Life, Twins, Series — 4 more, *Minnesota, Survival, Lake Superior, Middle School
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Series
The Birchbark House (3)
Barcode
7504
Status
Checked out
Due Feb 14, 2024

Planting the Trees of Kenya: The Story of Wangari Maathai (Frances Foster Books)

by Claire A. Nivola
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
MAATHAI-WANGARI, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE, Conservation, ENVIRONMENTALISM, Ecology, (921) BIOGRAPHY, Picture Book Biography, Short Biography (Small Green Dot), Small Green Dot, Trees, (900) GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY — 1 more, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5533
Status
Available

We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball

by Kadir Nelson
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Baseball, (796) OUTDOOR SPORTS, Sports, *African American, Civil Rights, History, Coretta Scott King Awards, Harlem Renaissance, AFRICAN AMERICAN_SPORTS, Segregation, Black History Month — 3 more, (700) ARTS_SPORTS_RECREATION, (790) RECREATIONAL, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
5133
Status
Available

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak
Paperback, 2007
Tags
INVENTORY HS 2023_24
Collection
HS/Book Nook
Status
Available

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

by Sherman Alexie
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
INVENTORY HS 2023_24
Collection
HS/Book Nook
Status
Available

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak
Ebook, 2007
Tags
Historical Fiction, World War II, Nazi Germany, Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, RED DOT, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School
Collections
LS/FICTION [F], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Barcode
639
Status
Available

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Historical Fiction, World War II, Nazism, Holocaust Jewish 1939-1945, RED DOT, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2017-18, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Middle School
Collections
LS/PAPERBACKS [PB], MS_HISTORICAL FICTION
Barcode
1835
Status
Available

One Well: The Story of Water on Earth (CitizenKid)

by Rochelle Strauss
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Water, Conservation, Ecology, ENVIRONMENTALISM, (500) PURE SCIENCE, (574.5) ECOLOGY, (570) BIOLOGY, Science, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Series
Citizen Kid
Barcode
4259
Status
Available

Rickshaw Girl

by Mitali Perkins
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Painting, *Bangladesh, GOOD-KIND-STRONG PEOPLE, Bangladesh, *India, Art, Girls, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Family, Multicultural, Realistic Fiction — 3 more, Responsability, Friendship, GRADE 8 Passport to the World_INDIA
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
416
Status
Available

Harlem Summer

by Walter Dean Myers
Paperback, 2007
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, *African American, Historical Fiction, Harlem, Jazz, Harlem Renaissance, Black History Month, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/FICTION [F]
Barcode
375
Status
Available

Tales Our Abuelitas Told: A Hispanic Folktale Collection

by Alma Flor Ada
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
Hispanic, Folklore, (398.2) FOLKLORE_FAIRY TALES, Folklore_Spain, *Spain, Spain-Folklore, Folklore_Hispanic, Hispanic Folklore, Folklore_Latin America, *Latin America, Latin America_Folklore — 5 more, PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2016-17, Spanish Studies, Hispanic Heritage Month (Sep_Oct), GRADE 7 Curriculum: SOUTH AMERICA, (300) SOCIAL SCIENCES
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3687
Status
Available

Mama Panya's Pancakes

by Mary Chamberlin
Paperback, 2006
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2015-16, *Kenya, *Africa, village, Barefoot Books, Food, Family, Generosity, sharing, Community, African Culture — 6 more, Picture Books, Multicultural, Pancakes, African Folktales, INVENTORY LS 2022_23, Africa
Collection
LS/EASY BOOKS [E]
Barcode
2182
Status
Available

Celebrating Ramadan

by Diane Hoyt-Goldsmith
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
PURCHASED_ACQUIRED in 2014-15, Ramadan, HOLIDAYS_RAMADAN_EID-UL-FITR, (200) RELIGION, (297) ISLAM, INVENTORY LS 2022_23
Collection
LS/GENERAL [#]
Barcode
3502
Status
Available
Call number
297 Hoy
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